Murrow, the conscience of broadcast journalism

2:21 AM,
Apr. 25, 2013

Radio journalism pioneers Edward R. Murrow, left, and William L. Shirer, in 1937.

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One of the legacies of World War II was the rise of a group of radio correspondents and producers who shaped the beginning of television news, including Ed Bliss, Charles Collingwood, Walter Cronkite, William Downs, Douglas Edwards, Eric Sevareid, Howard K. Smith and most importantly Edward R. Murrow.

Murrow became the iconic broadcast journalist and eventually became the medium's "conscience," a role that ultimately cost him his relationship with the network he helped build, CBS.

Egbert Roscoe Murrow was born on April 25, 1908, in a log cabin on Polecat Creek near Greensboro, N.C. His ...